vorbë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• vorbe

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wāribā, further origin disputed, a semantic development from original "turning, whirling" to "clay pot" is reasonable, compare vorbull and vorbëtirë and toponyms which unlikely would be named after an object but rather than a whirlpool or other natural phenomenons, thus compare "Maja e Vorbës". The countless derivations of this word speak in favour of an inherited word rather than a borrowing, which, naturally, would not deliver many word formations relatively compared to inherited ones. Could also be an ancient loanword of Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús).

Noun

vorbë f (plural vorba, definite vorba, definite plural vorbat)

1. pipkin, clay pot used to boil food

Declension

Declension of vorbë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	vorbë	vorba	vorba	vorbat
accusative			vorbën
dative	vorbe	vorbave	vorbës	vorbavet
ablative		vorbash

Derived terms

• vorbar
• vorbaxhi
• vorbës
• vorbëtar
• vorbëtinë
• vorbëz
• vorbull